Ten years ago, there were eight accidents reported for every 1,000 skier visits.

Now there are fewer than three per 1,000 skier visits.

Its annual skier visits have dropped since the late 1980s.

I think our skier visits will actually grow from it.

The chances for a serious knee injury are now about 1 in 2,500 skier visits to a mountain.

Total skier visits went from under 192,000 to over 303,000 (up 58%).

Nationally, skier visits have hovered just above the 50 million mark for nearly 10 years.

Compared to the 10-year average, last season will probably be above average in terms of skier visits.

By the 1997-98 season, the number of skier visits was down to 75,000.

"If we can bring skier visits up to potential, it will have a huge positive impact on this community," he said.